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BREEZY__„_ _ByJT^MElYtN BS]P^ ' A BOY MIKED THIRTY ") foNE rHlN^jK^V ilfi tSoSH>NO/ WHAT i Y~T~ 5 M) > LET^ AAILK A DAYFCRTWO/-. '60TAUr,*^PI6l>EE GUT] ZAN'T R61jE& 7 -r £ 14 HEAR IT, .VEABS/HOW MANY VABK) ££KE£ZY. J i THE \APP9J M0WHE6OT01T Z^ # j 1 Whehi®^ opyiN&ysac^) f - A • twari^NMr—rjr ! . uVAm - ——- m - i a a i 1 *JUL4T ' ^ JIM STEELE By MELVIN TAPLEV COHTttf&XM' ABANDONS AU PRTTBNSeANP ADMITS TUATUe mwmroeH-' UST JIM'S AID IN WNcSr sweat lANDF&MTHe evwpeopie.'HE SAVSf£ISdO(N6r TomieweGL' (assAggesc,.../f Il'M CA^HlNErlNONTMI^l fWHYYOU PROFITEER'!* BEFOREN'A6AREAaffJ5S[E^l P6AL,40/4:// YOU g!RI>sl YOU'RE READY TO 5Kit- ED WM.AYJKElVHPSJMml^S®) 3 ppfejw^ • »VW» irnnr<^ftilv When we play house we sweep _, ...... 1 777 7 , '*8 /V/fro/.Y. ...ond do the dishes,... \ . ..and the shoppmg... ^ And take Mom's mod f* I ^to the hatchers. ■BHkl I A Wew 6-Tube Automatic Radio-Phonograph with MIRACLE tone arm A new thrill in record listening, made possible by Admiral’s Miracle Tone Arm. Uses no coil, no crystal, no filament, no special tube. Even your oldest records come to life with vivid brilliance unmarred by needle scratch, 4‘talk-back,” or other disturbing surface noise. • Automatically changes records in 3V2 seconds • New, improved changer plays up to 12 records • 6-tube Admiral perfected superhet radio • Automatic bass compensation for tone balance • Stunning cabinet with French Gold grille MODERN APPLIANCE 24th & N SO. Omaha| PROGRESSzrfgfcS J$8h^im&22^ lEbXSaA^*!^ k-fgp^ 1 atjiSftr J 0 \\ i nMdanott-W ^ ijTnfif^THft^- - ruifiTn^ • '^'ng^sses-.-■■, -‘salmm,2%3iffti([j~gm ,VS?S XT'NVENTI0n ••■««<* PATENTS; 2-°03OAi%e*/'*S M maiMtatsH- a FREE PRESS M P-i^paA«d kj national Patent CbuncU. f MyMsj^^cZl?• A Bust and Bustle Era Fashion dictators are prescribing abundant use of jewelry to comple ment the "bust and bustle” fashions currently in vogue. In keeping with elegance of the new gowns, jewel ers are creating lavish, delicate pieces using the sister metals, pal ladium and platinum. • iSr m Selling Items More than 50 per cent of all canned fruits, vegetables and juices sold in the last few years come in the No. 2 can. That’s the 20 ounce container with approximately 2% cup content. Synthetic Rubber Alloy Alloyed with certain plastics, syn thetic rubber will be used in great quantities in the future. They form a tough, resilient floor tile which is unaffected by oils and grease. % Your Fire Loss Direct losses by fire in 1947 soared to an unprecedented 700 million dol lars, or 23 per cent higher than in 1946. This fire loss, if apportioned equally among America’s 60 million jobholders, would cost each wage earner $11.66. Floating Fruit Fruit may float in jars because the pack is too loose or the syrup too heavy, or perhaps air in the tis sues of the fruit has not all been forced out during heating and proc essing. Foot-Candle Unit A foot-candle, the unit for meas uring light, is the amount of light produced by the flame of a standard candle on a surface a foot distant. Still Forbidden Begging was forbidden in Eng land as early as 1349. Colonial America provided punishment against beggars. Electric Automobile The first Wood electric automobile was tested on the streets of Chicago in 1893. It created considerable ex citement along the route. 1 The Pine Tree State Maine's motto is “I Guide.'* Its state bird is the chicadee and its flower the pine cone and tassel. With Grain of Salt Not so many years ago salt was used in payment of a fine in central Africa. When a murder was com* < mitted, according to custom, tha community in which the murderer lived was responsible for paying tho blood-money. The chief of the vil lage went around on an appointed day and collected from each of his subjects two cupped handfuls of salt. This was pooled to form pay ment for the life taken. Chesterfield of Birds The great blue heron is consid ered the Chesterfield of birds. To his middle claw is attached a small comb, with which to preen his feathers. All herons fly with their necks drawn in, and their feet ex tended. About 25 species are found in the Western hemisphere, 24 in North America. Young herons are awkward, staddly birds, comical in their expressions and attitudes. It Didn’t Get Away The largest fish ever caught by rod and reel weighed 2,175 pounds. mMWBHBWaWi MODERN APPLIANCE CC, “Now Showing Complete Ap pliance Lines” Mr: A. L. Young and George Huettelmaier, co-owners of the Modern Appliance Company, lo cated at 24th and N streets in South Omaha, are now featuring National Advertised brands of household appliances and cord ially invite you to inspect their complete line of 1948 freezers, washers, ironers, radios, stoves (gas, electric and oil) and other useful home appliances. They ap preciate your trade. FURNITURE FOR SALE—New Floor Lamp and Kneehole Desk $15.50 Occas other things. Call after 1:30 p.m. Sun days. 2509 Maple Street. HORACE COLE NOW ASSOCIATED WITH RELIABLE HOME IM PROVEMENT CO. Mr. Horace Cole former well known tavern operator is now associated with the The Reliable Home Improvement Co. with offices located at 24th and Grace Streets. Mr. Cole will be remembered by his many colored friends as the congenial motor-cycle officer on the Omaha Police force, and also as the manager of the tavern at 24th and Cumin Street. Mr. Cole and Mr. Bernstein of the Reliable Home Improvement Co. are equipped to completely modernize your house. • Your trade is appreciated. 1 • ‘ | THE OMAHA GUIDE IS UNIQUE In the fact that' it offers permanency to its readers and a reasonable actual circulation to its advertisers. And be cause, after 21 years of effort, this newspaper operates the 1st and ONLY complete Negro ublishing pjlant in the State of Nebraska. An institution recog nized by many of the foremost ad vertisers of the Nation. ONE SIXTH of The Omaha Guide’s income has been to secure new subscribers. It deserves 1st Consideration by ad vertisers because it has the largest actual average or bulk circulation of any Negro newspaper ever published in Omaha— Be cause it carries the news releases of every recognized Negro News and Feature Agency in the World—Because it is the ist Negro newspaper in the history of Omaha to build up the confidence of its readers by 21 years of uninterrupted service. “PROCLAMATION” CLEAN-UP, PAINT-UP.. FIX-UP CAMPAIGN In cooperation with the local housing Companies. Three Grand Prizes given for the 3 most improved homes in the city. Win ners to be adjudged by His Honor, the Mayor of our city. 1st Prize—Refrigerator. 2nd Prize—Gas Stove. 3rd Prize—Combination Radio. KNOW ALL MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY THESE PRESENTS: THAT, Whereas the Annual Clean-Up, Paint-Up and Fix-Up Campaign Bat re sulted in many advantages to community life throughout the United States. In Safeguarding Health and Safety: In promoting Employyment and Thrift: In furthering Fire Prevention: In Promoting Better Housing: In stimulating Civic Pride: and In making the “Home and City 'Beau tiful”: NOW, THEREFORE, Be it known that plans have been perfected for a thorough Clean-Up, Paint-Up and Fix Up Campaign in Omaha, beginning March 15th. This date to mark the Opening of a real campaign of persis tent and constructive effort in cleaning up, fixing up and Keeping It Up. In this worthy movement of Cleaning, Paint ing, Planting, Repairing and general Re habilitation and Beautification we urge each citizen to do his or her best part to make our community CLEAN, HEALTHY, THRIFTY, SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL “Presented Each Year by The Omaha Pray For Recovery BLUE ISLAND, ILL—F»Bow Ing the attempted “mercy kiUing* of his 20-year-old son, Bernard 3. O’Connell, Jr., who has been un able to walk or talk coherently since birth, the father, 8. J. O’Connell, Sr., committed suicide. Mrs. O’Connell and her daughter, Patricia console each other as they await word from St. Francis Hospital where it is reported that Bernard has a chance to- recover from the bullet wound. Alloys, Plastics, Plywood Are New Boat Materials Small boats, once built exclu sively of wooden planking, or can vas stretched over light wooden frames, are coming into the market now in materials which would have given the old-time boat builder a series of bad dreams. Aluminum alloys, specially treat ed plywood and a variety of plastics | predominate in the construction of outboard runabouts, canoes, skiffs and dinghies shown at the national motorboat show in New York. In some of these craft there is not so much as a splinter of wood. Not that wood-is passe as boat building material. Far from it. There are still plenty of good carvel and clinker-built models available, but the modern materials lend themselves better to mass produc tion methods and have any number of other factors in their favor. One-piece molded hulls of plastic or plywood do not leak. Special treatment with resins give them un usual shock resistance. Some of them do not even have to be painted; the color is blended right into the plastic. Metal and plywood hulls are lighter than the conventionally framed and planked boat, some thing which has to be taken into con sideration in getting a dinghy up on deck, or loading the family fishing boat onto the top of an automobile. Apparently the boat builders have no heavy interests in the trailer con struction business. By their devel opment of the so-called "car-top” boat they are making it unneces sary for the fisherman or boating enthusiast who lives at some dis tance from his favorite pond or river, to own a trailer. Pointed Eggs Eggs of birds that breed on rock ledges without building nests are very pointed, so that the eggs will tend to roll about in a small circle instead of rolling off the ledge. Vertical Disk Plow The vertical disk plow was offered for sale in 1926. % j MODERN APPLIANCE 24th,AT A. SOOMAHA Mov?«3 Town by Rail Recently ill the buildings in an Oregon logging town of 600 popula tion-houses, offices, stores, post of fice, et cetera—were loaded on rail road cars and moved to a new loca tion. _ —•—— Labor Agreements Forty-five per cent of all wage earners covered by collective bar gaining agreements were employed under closed shop and union shop conditions, according to a Twentieth Century fund report. * * Married at Midmte _ am. ■ . ’ ii m&mmm 9 m m. "'' I h—— —MMrniI' i •iiWTiiiTr.i. . v • • ••«•• —- -— , PALM BEACH, FLA.—(Soundphoto)—The maid-of-honor Miss Isabel Paul (sister of bride) and beat man Laurance S. Rockefeller (brother of groom) pose with Mrs. Barbara Sears and Winthrop Rockefeller at the home of Winston Guest before wedding which took place after midmte.^L. to R. Miss Paul, bride, groom and L. S. Rockefeller, t rz E fflwMPwMMIHmwMB^SMSM^MfaiBHBMHH -ML ?9HRHHHi9HflRSr90R«y New 6-Tube Automatic • Radio-Phonograph with MIRACLE tone arm A new thrill in record listening, made possible by Admiral’s Miracle Tone Arpi. Uses no coil, ns crystal, no filament, no special tube. Even your oldest records come to life with vivid brilliance unmarred by needle scratch, “talk-back,” or other i disturbing surface noise. ■ • Automatically changes records in 3Vz seconds P • New, improved changer plays up to 12 records ft • 6-tube Admiral perfected superhet radio ft • Automatic bass compensation for tone balance | • Stunning cabinet with French Gold grille CLARK & CARPENTER 2710 LEAVENWORTa STREET